Carpet-fastener



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NITEpV STATES PATENT EEicEo CARPETJASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part; of Letters Patent No. 383,849, dated June 5, 1888.

A pplieation filed October 17, 1887. Serial No. 252,615. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE BARRoW,acitizen of the United States, residing at Skaneateles, in the county of Onondaga, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garpet-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The object of this invention is to provide a device for securely fastening carpets to iioors without the use of tacks; and the invention consists in certain features of construction, hereinafter described,and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a per spective of a carpet `fastening device constructed in accordance with my invention, the same being in` position and illustrated as holding a carpet. Y Fig. 2 is a perspective in detail of the carpet-holding strip, and Fig. 3 is also a perspective in detail of the under surface of the ornamental flap. Fig. 4 is a transverse section of Fig. 1, the parts being in the same position; and Fig. isa similar view ofa moditieation hereinafter referred to.

As before stated, the object of this invention is to provide a device for holding or fastening carpets to floors without the aid of tacks, screws, or such devices, and among the further objects in view are to prevent the collection of dust between the edges of the carpet and base-board of a room, to exclude moth and similar insects, and to provide a neat and tasty border in place of the unsightly tacks heretofore employed. With these objects in view, I provide a substantially L-shaped metallic strip, A, which may be formed of either cast, sheet, or wrought metal, and in this instance is formed with a rib, A', at the intersection of its vertical and horizontal plates A2 Awhich plates are preferably formed somewhat thinner near their ends. In this instance I have shown the strip A as composed of a single piece of metal; but it is evident that the plates A2 Aa may be independent andjoined, and also that in lieu of casting the strip it may be formed by being passed through a succession or series of suitably grooved rolls, or, if preferred, struck up ont of light or sheet metal. In this regard, therefore, I do not limit my invention. At any suitable point and at proper intervals along the rib A are formed screw-holes A4,

pet stretched to and connected therewith after the manner described. The verticall plate A2 of the strip tits snugly against the base-board of the room,and thus excludes any dust orinsects which might otherwise find their way between the carpetand base-board and under the former. The upper end of this plate, 'as shown in Fig. 2, is formed with a hooked or bent edge, A7, which'bend is in this instance of ordinary U form and permits of a slight space between said edge and the base-board.

B representsa light metallic flap or leaf, the upper edge of which is formed with a bend, B', adapted to be connected and coact with the bent portion A7 of the strip A, thus forminga hingeconnection, and rendering the flap B,

when in position, capable of being swung up or down.`

Interposed between the vertical plate A2 of the strip A and the under surface of theleafB is a spring, C, the tendency of which is to draw the flap closely upon thelower plate, A3. The spring C may be of any desired form, and, in deed,may be omitted. In this instance, however, it consists of a coiled portion., from which extend arms in opposite directions, as shown at O C', one of said arms taking into apertures A8, formed in the plate A2, andthe other taking into a pocket, B2, formed in the leaf B. By this spring the leaf may be opened or closed-that is, swung up or downand the carpet adjusted or removed, as the case may be, when it will close tightly in position and exclude dust, Src.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a modification of my invention, by which the spring is omitted and the construction thereby simplified, and yet capable of performing the same operation attended with the same advantages. In this construction the plate A.2 is provided with an outwardlydisposed groove, the edges of which are sufficiently distant apart to permit of the insertion longitudinally of the plate B, which ICO in this construction is formed with a bead adapted tobe embraced by theaforesaid groove. The opening in this groove is rather in the under portion of the groove, so that the top edge 5 of said opening bears upon the plate B-an obstacle to its being swung upwardly. In such instance, however, the plate or leaf is formed of light resilient metal, which in itself forms the spring. Io As Shown in Fig. 1,the leaf B may be formed as a molding and otherwise decorated, so that a neat and tasty binding is furnished to the edge of the carpet.

Having described my invention and its. oper- 15 ation, what I claim is- JOHN F. TowNER, WM. T. WEEKS. 

